Orme, Edward:: The Cockpit, Battle of the Nile

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Orme, Edward: : The Cockpit, Battle of the Nile

Aquatint with original colour, 26 x 35 cms, engraved by Dubourg after Manskirch, marginal soiling not affecting image, from “Historic military and naval anecdotes of ... the last long-contested war”. The plates were issued 1815-1818, and published for the first time in book form in the following year. A second edition was published in the 1830s.

The Battle of the Nile in Ausgust 1798 was one of Nelson’s most innovative and decisive victories, a major contributing factor in establishing British naval supremacy. The French army in Egypt was effectively isolated and the overland route to India was secured. Nelson was wounded in the forehead by grapeshot and removed below decks of his flagship, Vanguard., Abbey: Life, 376.

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